High School
- Thread starter BubbleBelly542
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lot better than I was expecting anyway.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
- 34,949
- Indian Falls, NY
- slashfan7964
I think my mentality comes from always being able to wear what we want though so a change like that would piss off a lot of people. That said I like to show my support for my favorite bands wearing their shirts and wearing what you like shows what kind of person you are (this doesn't always apply however).
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
I completely agree with you, but there can be a compromise, there is a long that a lot of schools and districts cross. But because I go to a country public school, I'm pretty well set, it is a normal school and not a magnet school either, I know of one magnet school that requires uniforms, they need polo shirts or a certain hoodie with khaki slacks or shorts.
- 34,949
- Indian Falls, NY
- slashfan7964
Even still. I'd wear entirely what I want (with the obvious exception of advertisements for booze and tabacco etc.).
- 1,730
- Leeds
- mullac2k9
Clothing items are such a great way of expressing yourself and help you to become 'yourself' so to force a uniform in a nurturing environment where we're meant to be developing ourselves is a bit profound, sure looking like your part of a community is a fair argument but it makes me feel like they're trying to make us be that little bit similar and stop us expressing our true personalities... that and I don't think a lot of the staff really like the alternative group I fall into, no proof but it's just the general aura from them when they speak to the people in my crowd.
- 34,949
- Indian Falls, NY
- slashfan7964
This is how I feel.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
- 5,905
- West Yorkshire
- Katiegan
- KatieB53
We used to have blazers and normal ties, but they scrapped the blazers before I joined and the clip-on ties were enforced just after Christmas in Year 7/7th Grade.
Exactly the same reason why we have clip-on ties! Luckily the school gave us our ties for free. Shame they don't do that about the jumpers though. The price of them is ridiculous. The smaller sizes are £20 and the bigger sizes are £30! I'm just starting to grow out of the smaller sizes too.
For you Americans, that's roughly $40-$60 for a jumper with the school's logo on it that will rip and fade in a matter of months.
It's embarrassing when your local area hates your school. We're always in the papers and for the wrong reasons, all because of the headteacher. In fact, our local paper practically portrays our headteacher as a villain. The local media literally hates her.
- 1,730
- Leeds
- mullac2k9
Not having a uniform would help avoid conflict with rival schools, one of which is conveniently only a mile away and quite a few walk past our school. Sometimes after school I feel walking round in my uniform is like having a giant fluorescent bullseye painted on the back of my head...
- 247
- Jasper,Alabama
- neilsenman2
So, some "athletes" in my athletic p.e decided not to do their lunges right. Yeah, we were able to acquire a punishment of more lunges. Two times across the american football field. It is 100 yards or 300 feet for those that do not know this. Then i had track practice. Guess what we had to do. MORE LUNGES. This was good for me though. It made me realize I need to do lunges more often.
- 5,760
- Pennsylvania
- Ilikewaffles_11
Luckily I don't have to wear a uniform. At home school that is. At tech when we're working we need to wear a uniform which is an auto tech Tshirt, Dickies pants, and boots. Which is fine as I'd rather not get my other clothing dirty. Plus the TShirts are nice.
- 4,081
- Somerset
- Pagey279
I honestly don't see uniform as that bad a thing, I had to wear one all the way through to Tertiary, so 12 years or so roughly. And I can say going into Tertiary and being able to wear my own clothes made no difference what so ever. Wearing a uniform didn't suppress my personality or any BS like that, it was just some clothes I had to wear to school, that's it.
We have 2 main secondary schools, both wearing uniforms instantly recognisable from each other, I'd look at someone who goes to the other school and think "Oh they go to Selwood." And that's as far as it went. The very little rivalry that went on was usually resolved on the rugby pitch on the odd occasion that we would play each other. I can't remember one single instance where someone was actually attacked or confronted because of the school they went to, but then again in Somerset all we do is drive our tractors, eat cheese and drink home made scrumpy (absolutely lethal stuff)
If after the first year of Tertiary we were made to wear uniform again (which indeed nearly happened) I wouldn't have kicked up much of a fuss.
We have 2 main secondary schools, both wearing uniforms instantly recognisable from each other, I'd look at someone who goes to the other school and think "Oh they go to Selwood." And that's as far as it went. The very little rivalry that went on was usually resolved on the rugby pitch on the odd occasion that we would play each other. I can't remember one single instance where someone was actually attacked or confronted because of the school they went to, but then again in Somerset all we do is drive our tractors, eat cheese and drink home made scrumpy (absolutely lethal stuff)
If after the first year of Tertiary we were made to wear uniform again (which indeed nearly happened) I wouldn't have kicked up much of a fuss.
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- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
Sometimes...I'm sooooo glad I live in America. For a variety of reasons, not just the chances of going to a school with a uniform.
- 10,276
- Sacramento CA
- cnd01
Uniforms are a waste of money. Plus it's a nightmare to enforce. Our principal came from a school that had uniforms. He said that he won't be the person to start it. My opinion is that school uniforms won't stop bullying at all. It won't help self esteem. It won't hurt self esteem. The same people would be made fun of.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
Exactly, and trust us. Almost none of the bullying is every about clothes. It's mostly about sexual rumors, rumors in general, or the stereotypical jock vs. nerd thing. Clothes are the least of my worries, I wear a t-shirt and jeans with a sweatshirt Every. Single. Day. and nobody ever says anything to me about it. It's more of a "girls wearing shorts so short you can see things" things that would get me banned from the forums.
- 10,276
- Sacramento CA
- cnd01
saxplayer1998
The only time I make fun of someone for what they wear is when "thugs" wear their pants around their knees. Even then I make fun of the modified waddle they have to perform in order to achieve forward velocity while keeping their pants up
Besides that, I only make fun of my friends which is always kidding. I recognize that my friends are kidding when they make fun of me.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
The only time I make fun of someone for what they wear is when "thugs" wear their pants around their knees. Even then I make fun of the modified waddle they have to perform in order to achieve forward velocity while keeping their pants up
In my school they do that, then clip pocket knives on their pants so you can see them, might as well strap an AR-15 to you ass and tape a time bomb to your face.
- 10,276
- Sacramento CA
- cnd01
saxplayer1998
I go to a small school in a small town, so there is a disciplinary code that's actually followed for the most part. The cops are called when someone openly carries a knife. My school doesn't play. One kid got caught "huffing the magic dragon" in the second story bathroom, and he got sent straight to juvy. He never came back.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
In middle school a kid got expelled for throwing a lit cigarette into a trash can to set it on fire, in elementary school, a kid got suspended for a knife, but in high school, I'm only a freshie so not much has happened yet, but I have witnessed some stuff. Not gonna say just what, but it wasn't pretty or pleasant. But I will say that two girls got into a fight and milk went everywhere, it was funny.
- 10,276
- Sacramento CA
- cnd01
saxplayer1998
We had a legit food fight last year, and the people involved stayed after school for about a month scrubbing the bathrooms. I sat back, and I watched the melee. It was turning into a fist fight as it got broken up. I asked the lunchlady if she was angry, and she said that she enjoyed it because food fights almost never happen
I laughed for a solid 5 minutes.
- 1,302
- Baltimore, MD
- tnogumbo
We had a legit food fight last year, and the people involved stayed after school for about a month scrubbing the bathrooms. I sat back, and I watched the melee. It was turning into a fist fight as it got broken up. I asked the lunchlady if she was angry, and she said that she enjoyed it because food fights almost never happen
There's over 400 people in the cafeteria during all 3 lunch periods so a food fight would be massive and be so awesomely amazing, we'd cover up all cameras, then just go ham. 🤬 would do down in my school. But we'd all get suspended.
- 10,276
- Sacramento CA
- cnd01
saxplayer1998
There was spaghetti on the ceiling. I don't remember exactly, but around 20 had to go home to change clothes. My table was on the complete opposite side of the mosh pit. When I saw some of the putrid cafeteria food get on the ceiling fan, I made the statement, "Now the 🤬 has hit the fan."
- 2,583
- Kelowna, Canada
- Antonisbob
- No...
'85 Parisienne, Canadian built version of the Bonneville. Both which are basically the same as the Caprice.
I got a few videos of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMy-usDOWw0
- 34,949
- Indian Falls, NY
- slashfan7964
I agree, and I do often wear this around school..
Haven't got in trouble but if a teacher tells me to, I'll 1) Tell them to go to my government teachers then: 2) Tell them to 🤬 off.
You are too much like me lol
This. Exactly.
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